phone numbers are only required when signing up

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    10 months ago

    It’s ironic that an app which markets itself as being super private and secure, requires a phone number to sign up.

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      10 months ago

      it’s their spam mitigation strategy I think but it still connects metadata of conversations… not perfect but a little better than unencrypted communications? this feature has been asked for for a long time

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        10 months ago

        It’s definitely better than unencrypted comms for sure